Athanassia Spyropoulou teaches English for Academic Purposes. She holds a first cycle degree in English Language and Literature (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) and an MA in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (Saint Michael's College, VT, U.S.A.). She has wide experience in her field as a teacher, teacher trainer and examiner. Her work experience also includes a six year term at the Greek Ministry of Education, in the Directorate of European Union (1998-2000) and in the Secretariat for Higher Education (2000-2004), where she served as secretary of the Higher Education Strategic and Spatial Planning Committee and also played a key role in the higher education activities of the Greek Presidency of the EU and in the preparation of the Bologna Ministerial Conference in Berlin in 2003. Since then, Athanassia Spyropoulou has participated as an expert in European Union, Council of Europe, EUA, Magna Charta Observatory and other projects related to higher education policy in various roles (speaker, general rapporteur, evaluator, editor). She has also worked as coordinator and assistant editor of the Handbook “Leadership and Governance in Higher Education”, RAABE Publishing House (2012-2015). In addition to teaching English for Academic Purposes, she has been member of various Department Committees, elected EEP representative member of the Senate (2005-2013, 2017-2019) and member of the Quality Assurance Unit (MO.DI.P) of the University.